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**1859 - [[A Tale of Two Cities]] by [[Charles Dickens]] is published. | **1859 - [[A Tale of Two Cities]] by [[Charles Dickens]] is published. | ||
**1893 - The first cultured pearl is obtained by Kokichi Mikimoto. | **1893 - The first cultured pearl is obtained by Kokichi Mikimoto. | ||
| + | **1750 - Halifax, [[Nova Scotia]] almost completely destroyed by [[fire]]. | ||
**1955 - "'''In God We Trust'''" is added to [[United States]] currency. | **1955 - "'''In God We Trust'''" is added to [[United States]] currency. | ||
**1977 - "''The Gay News''" and its editor Denis Lemon found guilty in the [[United Kingdom]] of blasphemous libel under the 1697 Blasphemy Act - once punishable by death. | **1977 - "''The Gay News''" and its editor Denis Lemon found guilty in the [[United Kingdom]] of blasphemous libel under the 1697 Blasphemy Act - once punishable by death. | ||
Revision as of 14:39, July 11, 2007
- July 11
- 1796 - The United States receives Detroit from Great Britain under terms of the Jay Treaty.
- 1798 - The United States Marine Corps is created by an act of Congress, having previously been disbanded after the American Revolutionary War.
- 1804 - Aaron Burr, Vice President of the United States, kills former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton in a duel.
- 1859 - A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens is published.
- 1893 - The first cultured pearl is obtained by Kokichi Mikimoto.
- 1750 - Halifax, Nova Scotia almost completely destroyed by fire.
- 1955 - "In God We Trust" is added to United States currency.
- 1977 - "The Gay News" and its editor Denis Lemon found guilty in the United Kingdom of blasphemous libel under the 1697 Blasphemy Act - once punishable by death.
- 1979 - Orbiting space laboratory Skylab I ceases orbiting: crashes back to Earth, showering debris over the Indian Ocean and Australia.
- 1995 - The United States and Vietnam establish full diplomatic relations with each other.
- 1995 - Mass murder of 8000 civilans in Srebrenica by Serbian forces.
- July 10
- 1778 - Louis XVI of France declares war on Great Britain in the American Revolution.
- 1850 - Millard Fillmore inaugurated as the 13th President of the United States.
- 1890 - Wyoming becomes the 44th state.
- 1919 - President Woodrow Wilson personally delivers the Treaty of Versailles to the Senate and urges its ratification.
- 1925 - The Scopes Trial begins in Dayton, Tennessee
- 1962 - The world's first communications satellite, Telstar, is launched into orbit from Cape Canaveral.
- 1973 - The Bahamas gain full independence within the Commonwealth of Nations.
- 1985 - Greenpeace vessel Rainbow Warrior is blown up and sunk in Auckland, New Zealand Harbor by French government agents.
- 1991 - Boris Yeltsin takes the oath of office as the first elected president of the Russian republic.
